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I don't want this love story to ever end: Manoj Bajpayee on 30 years in movies
Updated On: 10 January, 2024 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Manoj Bajpayee celebrates 30 years in Hindi cinema. The actor made his acting debut with the film `Droh Kaal`
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Manoj Bajpayee. Pic/Yogen Shah
It looks like it has gone in a "jiffy" but it hasn`t, says actor Manoj Bajpayee while looking back at his career of 30 years in Hindi cinema. The versatile star made his debut in 1994 with `Droh Kaal` and followed it up with a minor role in `Bandit Queen.` But it was his role as the flamboyant gangster Bhiku Mhatre in 1998`s `Satya` that made him an instant star. There have been many challenges along the way, but Bajpayee credits his "extreme passion for cinema" for his survival in the industry.
"Looks like it has gone in a jiffy but it hasn`t. When you sit down, you realise that it was not easy. You kept building it brick by brick and sometimes suddenly someone would come and push the half-built wall and you start again. "More than anything, what really made me survive all these years is my extreme passion and love for what I do. I don`t want this love story to ever end," Bajpayee told PTI in an interview here. The 54-year-old actor, who hails from a small village called Belwa in Bihar`s West Champaran district, featured in films such as `Kaun?,` `Shool` and `Pinjar` post his breakout performance. He was also appreciated for `Raajneeti` but his performance as Sardar Khan in `Gangs of Wasseypur` and the role of professor Ramchandra Siras in Hansal Mehta`s biographical drama "Aligarh" earned him wide acclaim. Bajpayee, however, became a household name with his turn as an intelligence agent trying to balance a risky job with familial responsibilities in the Prime Video series "The Family Man". His latest streaming venture is "Killer Soup", a crime series that will premiere on Netflix on January 11.
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